Carbonating machine



.1'.V PHILIPPI CARBONATING MACHINE 1920 2 sheetssheet l Filed July Il.

Illlliiilll WITNESSES ATTORNEYS ar. 6, 1923. v 1,447,884

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outras-'mtas PATENT OFFICE.

IFAC-01Bl PHILIPPI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 JULIUS MINCK, 0F

. v WEST HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

cARBoNn'rING MACHINE:

Application led July 1, 1920. Serial No. 393,369.

To all whom t may Gomera Be it knownl that I, JACOB PHILIPPI, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofthe city of New York, borough of Man- 5 hattan, inthe county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented a new and 1mproved Carbonating Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to carbonating machines and has for -an object to provide an improved `construction wherein water and gas are mixed while the water lis in a finely divided state.

Another object of the invention is to pro-y vide a machine in which water is automati-J cally fed into the machine as fast as the carbonated water is removed andthe feeding in and removaly of the water is carried on without interrupting the carbonating operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a carbonating machine which will `provide cold Water in a vfinely divided or comminuted condition while subject tok gas under pressure.

1n the accompanying drawings-f- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through a machine disclosing an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through Fig. v

1 on line 2-2.

Fig. 3 is atop plan view o-f sieve struc- I ture vused in breaking up the water into a finely divided condition.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates a casing which is supported in any desired manner and for convenience is ,preferably round in cross 40 section as shown in Fig. 2, this casing may be provided with enddoors 2 and side doors 3 and 4' in order to supply ice or other cooling medium 6. y y v yArranged interiorly of the casing 1 is a l5 drum 7 which /drum is made from cast iron or some other strong material so as to withstand the pressure of the carbon ldioxide while the machine is operating, and the drum .7 is providedwith an annular rack 8 continually meshing with pinion 9,`rigid ly secured to shaft 10, which shaft is |iournaled in suitable journal boxes in the casing 1. An v idle and active pulley may be arranged on shaft 10 exteriorly of the casing 1 so thatpower may be transmitted to shaft 10 and all parts connected therewith. It is intended that the drum 7 shall rotate continually during the operation of the machine land that carbonated water may be removed either continually or intermittently as desired without affecting or molesting'in any manner the rotation of the drum. The drum- 7 is provided with hubs 11 and 12 which are formed as packing boxes and through which the hollow shafts 13 and 14 extend, said shafts supporting the drum -properly in the casing 1, but spaced therefrom, the hollow shafts 13 and 24 extending through suitable bearing boxes 15 and 16 in the ends of the casing 1. The hollow shaft 1 3 is provided with combined packing and Journal mem-v bers 17 and 18 which accommodate the dis-- charge pipe 19.V As the pipe 19 is stationary and shaft 13 is stationary these packing members may be pressed 4tightly in position so as to seal the ends of the shaft without changing the function of the pipp 19 which ismerely to lead the carbonated water from the lo-wer part of the drum 7 to a suitable discharge point. ln order that the carbonated water may /freely flow from pipe 19 a depending section 19 is provided at the inner end of Athe-pipe as shown in Fig.I 1, said depending section projecting to near one end and at the lowermost point of the drum. The shaft 14 is provided with a perforated bearing 20 which may be in the form of an ordinary spider bearing for supporting the inner end of shaft 21. 'The outer end of shaft 14 is provided with a .suitable packing box in orderto seal the outer end of the shaft 14, uwhile permitting the shaft 21 to rock. The sealingxof the shaft 14 is necessary in order that thegas coming through pipe 22 may freely enter the shaft 14 and discharge through member 20 into drum 7 without any appreciable loss.

1f desired a'pressure gage 23 could bey inserted near Ithe entrance pipe 22 into shaft 14 so that the pressure in the drum may be seen yat any time. The shaft 13 is provided -with packing 17 and' 18 in order to seal the ends of shaft 13 so thatV l water entering said shaftfrom'pipe 24 will not escape from the ends of the pipe, but will pass upwardly through the inlet discharge member 25 and be discharged over one. of the foraminous plates 26 whereby the same is brokenl up and finely-divided.v

Pipe 24 extends downwardly lto near-'then 110 bottom of casinigl and merges into a horizontal section w ich extends through the end of the casing and is bent back upon itself 'so as to provide a lower or return section 27 which section merges into inlet pipe 28, which inlet pipe receives water from any suitable source. A valve 29 is arranged in the pipe 27 exteriorly of the casing 1, said valve having an actuating arm 30 'which is pivot-ally connected w-ith a link 31, said link in turn being pivotally connected toI the outer end of an arm 32 rigidly secured to.

33 is rigidly secured 'thereto andcontinually` meshes with a bevel pinion 3ft carried by an arm 35. A float36 of any desired kind is pivotally connected with the lower end of arm 35 and rises and falls with the water charged in drum 7 through member 25. This.

37. ln case the pipe 19 has been shut oii so that no more carbonated water will flow therefrom, unc'arbonated water will continue to flow from pipe 28 and be eventually dis-` will cause the level of water 37 to move upwardly and consequently cause the float 36 to swing arm upwardly and thereby rotateshaft 21 as the bevel gears 33 and 34 will be moved. rlhe rotation or rocking of shaft 21 will continue until the' valve 29 has been closed, whereupon the water rwill be shut off thoughl the drum 7 will continue to rotate.

During the operation of the machine the carbon dioxide is introduced cohtinually so as to maintain the desired pressure, and.

drum 7 is rotated continually whether the water is being introduced or not. As the drum is rotated the water and carbon dioxide are mixed. Inthe formation of natural carbonated water the `water is cold and finely' divided by sand and gravel in the earth.V

While in this finely divided cold condition the carbon dioxide asses' therethrough and mixes therewith so tiia't it is thoroughly commingled before it emerges from the earth,

and consequently the gas will remain in the water an appreciable time afterexposed-to 4the atmosphere. This, is/ca-used by the fact that the gas is very finely divided'and forms very small bubbles in the water whereby said -bubbles cannot readily move t-o the top..

In carbonating water artificially quiteI often the gas is A'mixed so that the bubbles will beof appreciable size and will consequently have, enough buoyancy. to quickly 'move to; the surfae and become dissipated.' In the present invention by providing cold Awater and iinely dividing =or spraying the i. saine in the gas while under pressure causes an intimate mixture ofthe water and gas so that the carbonated water Howing out of 'to one of the Maasai t er in the presence of carbon dioxide, drum 7 is provided with a. number of buckets 33. These buckets elevate the waiter and discharge part of the elevated water on to the foramiuous series of plates 26. The discharge of the Water from the buckets on to this set of plates will divide the vwater somewhat, and as the water falls from one plate to the other it is further divided, and this division of the water takes place in the presence of the gas whereby a thorough conimingling 'will result.v Some of the water will of course be spilled from the buckets before it'reaches the top plate 26, butthis slipping and splashing of the water causes a finely dividing action and assists in mixing tho water and gas. rlhe vplates 26 may be' of any wid-th and also any number, four being shown. These plates are connected in an)Y suitable manner toa number of upriglits 3S) which. aresecured to a. frame 4 0, said frame having what may be termed as hub sections 4:1' and 42 which are fitted overl and rigidly secured to the 'shafts 13 and 14. llt will he noted that the .pipe 25 is notched into some of the plates 26 and acts as means for preventing any rotary motion of the frame stil. As the water is forced fromy shaft 13 into pipe 25it is discharged from the pipe 25 ou plates 26 and is finely divided thereby. The water already in the drum is elevated by the various buckets 38 and vfinely divided by 'being spilled therefrom and'by being dumped von tothe plates 2G.

The speed of the rotation o-f the. drum 7 and.

thebuckets passing more or less rapidly from the body of water 37 lwill cause an additional splashing and mixing.

water is being done ata low temperature and consequently the gas commingles with the Water in a.. finely divided state. In addition it may be noted that t-he water is drawn otl' from near the bottom of the drum so that oniy the thoroughly mixed Water aud gas is drawn off;

I cla-ini:

. 1. A carbonating machine comprising a drum, a pair of hollow fixed shafts sul-)porting said drum, buckets carried by the drum on its annular wall, a plurality of nested fora-minous superimposed plates supported on said shafts, said-buckets raising and discharging the' water within said drum to a `point above said foraminous plates, means n n l All ofl this splashing and mixingxof the gas and' a supply of carbon dioxide under pressure l# 1,447,834 y l Y in said drum for readily allowing said carbon dioxide to `mix in fine bubbles with the water emerging out of said foraminous plates. d Y

2. A cabonating Inachinef'comprising an outer casingontaining a chilling element, a. drum therein, said drum being rotatablyv mounted on a pair of hollow stationary shafts supported by said easing, a plurality of foraminous plates also supported on said shafts and arranged within said drum, blickets secured. to the innerwalls of the drum for elevating the Huid therein/fromV the bob tom and discharge the same aboye said plates, thereby comminuting the liquid, a 15 ,.onrsaid plates, -aflid a second pipe projected ff 'through said last-mentioned shaft extended 201 i to the bottom of said drum for drawing: the

carbonated iuid therefrom.

JACOB PHILIPPI. 

